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South Africa: Still No Evidence for Ghost Stat About Schoolchildren's Access to Menstrual Products in South Africa

Still No Evidence for Ghost Stat About Schoolchildren's Access to Menstrual Products in South Africa

Menstrual products brand StayFree makes two big claims in its ads on social media, but there's very little research to back them up. Claim Two claims about schoolchildren and access to menstrual...

Tobacco use is costly, but so is quitting. Surveys of 8 African countries show who needs help

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Ghana still one of the countries taxing menstrual products

On average, women and young girls will have four hundred and fifty (450) menstruation over their lifetime, which equals three thousand five hundred (3,500) days

Tobacco use is costly, but so is quitting. Surveys of 8 African countries show who needs help

In low-income countries, tobacco use is often associated with lower income and less education. These users can’t afford to pay for counselling and medication.

Tobacco use is costly, but so is quitting - who needs help?

It is clear that immediate action is required to bridge the socio-economic gaps in tobacco cessation efforts.

Tobacco use is costly, but so is quitting. Surveys of 8 African countries show who needs help

Tobacco use imposes a large health and economic burden worldwide. Research estimates that, in 2019, about 8-million deaths were attributable to tobacco smoking. Tobacco also reduces years of healthy living: about 200-million disability-adjusted life years in 2019. This health burden comes with high economic costs, directly through medical treatment for tobacco-related diseases, and indirectly through productivity losses. Globally, the total economic cost of smoking amounted to around 1.8% of the world’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012. Global studies are rare because they are so data intensive.

Stop the period tax: Ghana is still one of the countries taxing menstrual products

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Period Poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Uwezo Afrika Initiative and COFAPRI are working to address period poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.